Bottle-case.



F.,-*DISTLER.

BOTTLE OASE.

Hman-101|' rILnD 11mm, 191s.

mama N0v.14,1911.

y2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

@mk/fg* DISTLER'.

` Y BOTTLE cAsB.

` APPLICATION FILED DEU. 14i 1910. 1,008,447.

Patented Nov,14,1911.

50 number of pockets for containing bottles nam: DIsTLEI'z, or o'rALLoN, ILLINOIS, Assierron or ONE-mmm; 'ro :uns e. 'HALL NnuoNE-'rrrmn 'rowILBUn srana, Born or o'rALLomgILLmois.

BOTTLE-casa.

is to construct a two-compartment case hinedly connected in such manner'that the bott es 11i one compartment are held inverted, with their necks between the necks of the 4bottles in the other compartment, thereby constructing a case which will occupy a minimum of space and, by reason of its compactness, be more readily handled.

YVith` the above purposes in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of 1` construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and' illust-rated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective ofthe complete case 1n an'o en position; Fi 2 is a longi- 4tudinal, sectional elevation o the case; Fig.

3 is a plan of the complete case in an open position, a portion of the removable dividing partition being broken away; Fig. 4 is a transverse, sectional elevation through the case taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5

a longitudinal, sectional elevationrtaken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; Fig. .6 is an enlarged, sectional, detail illustratin how the removable dividing partition maygb'e ymoved with respect to the bottlesin the case and the retaining stripv secured to the case; and

, Fig. 7 is an enlarged, inverted, detail of a portion of the removable dividing partition.

Referring by numerals to the accompany in drawings: 1 and 2 designate rectangular boxes which are of approximately the same 4vdimensions throughout, and which are conasf nected bymeans of hinges 3. Hereinafter the box 1 will betermed the case roper and 2 the top or cover of the case'. ecured in the case proper 1 and dividing it into a is a series of crossed partitions 4, into which ockets a number of 'bottles 5 are placed with their bottoms resting on the bottom of the case proper. Within the cover 2 there is a series of partitions 6 which. are arranged substantially like the partitions 4 in the case proper and which divide the cover into a l number of pockets, which pockets, when the .case 4is in a closed condition, are out of. vertical registration with the pockets in the case proper. 'f

'i'- designates a removable bottle-supporting partition havin therein t, serles of openlngs 8 aliningwith the pockets formed b y the partitions 6, the 'openings at one end ofthe partition being in the nature of openepded slots for purposes hereinafter made c ear.

Secured to the inside face ofthe end wall of the cover 2, adjacent the end` ofthe dividing partition having the open-ended openings, there is a supporting and locking cleat 9, and secured to the opposite end wall of the cover 2 is a spring actuated latch 10, there bein an openin 11 formed in the partition t rough whic said latch o rates and a reinforcin cleat 12 against'whlch the angular end of te latch engages to hold the partition 7 in its normal position, which -is of the case and all of the bases of the neck portions of the bottles 13, the partitions 6 serving only when the case is clc sed to hold the bottles 13 in a substantially 'vertical position with their neck portions between the the case pro er.

or locking devices become loose, I have provided dowel-pins 14 pro'ecting` upwardly from the upper mar 'ns o the end walls of the ycase proper an dowel seats' 15 in the upper faces ofr'the'end walls ofthe cover 2 embrace the pins 14 when the box is closed. It is to be observed that the crossed partitions 4 are of dimensions formi pockets of considerabler depth which hcl the bottles in the case proper spaced apart from Patented Nav'. 14, 1911.

a position impinging the cleat 9 at one end.

neck'portions of the lowermost Vbottles 5 in' Any suita le handles maybe ein loyed in i connection with my-case but I p1 'e er to em.

which are arranged in such position as' to sisV movements might happen when the hinges contact 4with each other and the height ofl 110 tion 7.

the partitions being suicient to hold the bottles from inclining so that their neck portions might en ge with neck. portions of the bottles hel in the cover. And `it is to be observed further that the removable partition 7, when in its normal locked position,

is in a osition immediately above the tops of the ttles so that when the case is handled the bottles 5 will have little play, and that the bottles 13, carried by the cover, are practically locked against movement in any direction by means of the crossed partitions 6 and the movable, perforated parti- In order latch 10 and for the read handling of the partition 7, I have provi ed the finger rest in the form of an eye or staple 16 into which one finger of the o erator may be inserted at the time the latc is being moved by the ,thumb or another finger, and by the use of the finger inserted in the said eye the parti- .tion 7 may be raised over the necks of the bottles in the cover, and, by reason of theA opent-ended openings, the partit-ion 7 may be moved lengthwise of. the case as required tov draw it out from under the locking strip or cleat 9.

I nakers yto fol ow, and the means which permits the ready release and removaly of the bottle-holding partition, which is extremely simple in construction and very readily operated.

I' claim: v 1. In a bottle'case, the combination with similarly constructed compartments, each arranged to hold bottles, means in one of said sections for spacing and holding bottles to facilitate the' unlocking of ,the

alpart and against tipping, fixed means in 5 t e other compartment out of registration with thebottle holding means in the rst compartment, a removable partition in the. lastmentioned compartment having o ings therethroughalinin with the bottle holding means in e same compartment for the support of bottles in inverted osition's, the partition coacting with said xed' means to prevent the inverted bottles from tipping so as to preclude the possibility of the neck portions of the inverted bottles engaging with the neck portions of the bottles in the other com artment, and said artition arranged tovho d the bottles inthe Erstmentioned compartment against longitudinal movements. 'l

. 2. In a bottle case of the class described, a pair'of compartments .hingedly connected andeach arranged to contain bottles, each compartment being of less depththan the length of the bottles contained therein, a plurality of crossed partitions in one compartment forming pockets which embrace the body portions of bottles standing upxed 5 rightly so as to hold the bottles spacedY apart and a inst tipping, a parti-tion, removably secure in the other compartment, havin openings therethrough positioned out 0% registration with the pockets referred to,

said partition ser-ving the double function of 1 sup orting a number of bottlesin inverted position with ltheir necks extended through the openings and to prevent longitudinal movements of the bottles standing uprightly inthe other compartment, and a Aplurality of crossed partitions in the same compartment ca age the ody rtions of the inverted bott es to prevent ateral movements or tipping of the inverted bottles.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` FRANK DISTLER.

Witnesses:

" E. LiWALLAoE,

N. G. Burman.

ing the partition arranged to en- 

